Bluestocking Scare Among Cultured Society
The piece surveys historical attitudes to women authors like Frances Burney, Jane Austen, and Mrs Somerville, noting the stigma attached to female intellect and public writing, the pressures of domestic duties, and contrasting views from 18th and 19th century circles. It cites Caroline Herschel and Harpers magazine observations on marriages and societal expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Frances Burney
Joanna Baillie
Maria Edgeworth
Hannah More
Monk Lewis
Jane Austen
Miss Martineau
Bomerville
York
Caroline Herschel
Astronomical Society
Eccentric Amelie Rives Reveals Marital Revelations
The Louisville Post quotes an eyewitness near Amelie Rives Chandler noting sensational post wedding behavior. The bride allegedly kept lights on all night and lingered at home before a six o clock dinner, with a bishop still dazed by her beauty during the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelie Rives-Chandler
Spare the Baby Advice From An Old Reader
The piece warns against overholding infants in all weather and urges mothers to wash dress feed and place babies on a soft pallet for rolling kicking resting and growth. It promotes hands off from visitors and regular sleep without rocking noting the toil of motherhood and the need for support from a kind husband and help.
Courageous Cunarder Captain Refuses Train Ride Home
A Pittsburg youth in New York recalls a famed Cunarder captain who refused to ride a railway over the Alleghenies. The seaman fears land dangers more than sea perils, yet would face the Atlantic in a gale, if needed, proving his calm courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny Mountains
Atlantic
Pittsburg
Muskrat Domicile Reveals Innate Instinct and Craft
A correspondent describes a muskrat dwelling carved from grass and moss, over two feet wide and high with an oval top. The tunnel exits beneath water level, allowing covert access. Lily roots constitute the pantry, and the structure shows sophisticated instinct in lower animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davjord
Husband Learns From Mother In Law About Scripture
In a conversation cited by the Merchant Traveler, a wife’s mother notes the husband has become more attentive to the Scriptures since marriage. She concedes credit yet claims she herself influenced his shift, as he admits his focus on Tamentations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kansas City
Michigan
Dean Barry
Tate
Charilie
Cincinnati
Buffalo
Cuarotte
Evith
Troy Press
Detroit Free Press
Punishing an Ingrate. Montana Prisoner John Smith Whipped
A Chicago Tribune excerpt shows a Montana police magistrate ordering John Smith to pound stone for thirty days after he is accused of whipping an Indian. The officer states the charge as whipping an Indigenous person and the magistrate condemns the act as ungrateful behavior toward Pocahontas's descendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
John Smith
Chicago Tribune
Stomach Bitters Promises Warmth Against Malaria and Ailments
An 19th century patent medicine advertises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for chills fever and malarial disease. It claims to ease biliousness constipation dyspepsia headaches loss of appetite sleep kidney trouble rheumatism and debility with persistent use for a thorough cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hostetter
Footprint Clue in Chicken Theft Trial
A man stands before a police magistrate on a chicken theft charge. Circumstantial evidence hinges on snow footprints matching boots. defense questions the boots being worn last night. The prosecutor’s witness retorts with a pointed remark about the absence of chickens.
Grand Excursion to Colorado Land Seeker Trip
A grand excursion for land seekers to Alamoga in the sunny San Luis Valley departs Feb 26 on regular trains to Missouri River points. Round trip fare is 30 dollars with return validity twenty days. Special through Denver Rio Grande routes available from Alamosa to Del Norte Monte Vista YaJara Antonito and Fort Garland. Tickets read through Denver Colorado Springs or Pueblo.
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Alamoga
San Luis Valley
Missouri River
Denver and
Rio Grande R. A
Alamosa
del Norte
Monte Vista
Ya Jara
Antonito
Fort Garland
Denver
Colorado Springa
Pueblo
Colorado
K. Hooper
D. & Rog
High Hats Captivate Girls Despite Parental Interruption
In a brief exchange from Fanukee Blade's column, Mary Ann tells her father that she and her sister have fixed their minds on two high hats at Mrs Feather's millinery rooms, signaling a lighthearted clash over fashion choices. The fragment captures a domestic moment about youth and social style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pater Familias
Mary Ann
Mrs
Reformed Saloonist Converts Sample Room to Sunday School
A former saloon keeper turned his sample room into a Sunday school space claiming it serves as a positive example for youth. The reformer says the renamed room will inspire better choices among local young people.
Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs Advert
A Great Surprise for Kemp's Balsam promises relief for coughs and a free sample bottle from any authorized druggist. The remedy is claimed to cure acute or chronic coughs and is sold in large bottles for 50 cents and one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Puslishingc CO
Philadelphia
Catarrh Cure Offered by Clergyman’s Recipe
A clergyman long afflicted with catarrh found a remedy that cured him and saved his life. Readers may obtain the recipe free by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Prof J A Lawrence, 4s Warren street New York City. Constantine’s 320 A D reforms began prison improvement under Christian influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Lawrence
Warren Street
New York City
Rome
Constantine
Noted Patent Remedies and Historical Observations
A dated reader letter mix highlights claimed cures for consumption offering free bottles, references to Mother’s Friend and Wizard Oil advertisements, and brief notes on the Bank of England monopoly, French child rights, medieval slavery, and MAGER’s Emulsion as a promoted tonic.
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Dda Harper
Fireman’s Magazine
Mosquito
Amelie Rives
Cniti Piast
Brown
Christian World
London
Eng
Scott
H. V. Mott
Brentwood
Cal
Swift
Vale
Uot
Bovell
Sea Third Avenue
N.Y
John Williams
Lexington
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Popham
Gleghorn, Gardner
Ill
T. Popham
Phildelphia
Palestino
Ohie
Petheroly, F. Mt
Beretaim
Gibory
Y. Ol
Ming
Jacobs
Benry Beckemeyer
Rutland
Way
Rt. Jacobs
J. MW. Amaw
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Boston
Rec
State St
Brooklyn
Bryant's Business College
Winnen Er Oro Tee Presse
Tama, Kidder's Pastilles
Tall, Stowell & Coy
Iestown
Brass
J. Ross.& CO
Toledo
Sorin W. Morris
U.S Pension Bureau
Washington
TB. C
Succeast
Pension Bureau
Brewster
Chatsey
Ehony, Mich
Olre
Pan- Riottas
Ience
Cole Leet
Thorse C
Pitzgeralid
U.S
Indianapolis
Incknow
Rene
P.O. H. G. Root
M. C
Peart St
Cnut
M. RR
Scullen & CO
West Lake St
P.O
T. A. Slocum
Pearl St
Bank of England
Jos. B. Anderson
Ochappee
Bradlickt Reg. Co
France
Handin
Mager
Hood
Lowell
Mass
All Druggista
C.J. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Masa
Ail
BusiNess and Phongographic College
Sterning
Ys Centennial Manufacturing Co
Ely’s
Ca' Arpiy Bal Ely Bros
Ohio
Tarah
Warren
Isid— Eudowin
Dr. Pierce
Werin
Ryant & Stratton
Chicago Business College
H. B. Bryant & Son
la Crosse
Magee
J. A. Magee & CO
Lawrence, Mass
K. Schipghas
Seba Arendt
GSES
Epps
James Epps &Co
Homeopathic Chemista
England
Salmer
D.O. Gallear & CO
Franklin Street
Ladies’ Home Journal
Storrs & Harrison CO
Painesville
Lake Co
Bay Rat
Zekoupp
Mostoa
Musa
RED Cross
Chichester
Anglia
Stampa
Chichester Chemical Co
Medison Sq.Phila
GN. U
Dorea Big
GH. Ingraham
M.D
Amsterdam
Cage
Droggista
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